DHS acting chief predicts up to a 25 percent decline in crossing the border to new Mexico agreement

28 June 2019

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The Deputy head of the Department of Homeland Security on Friday said that he expected that the number of migrants will be detained at the border is lower increased by up to 25 per cent in June as in previous months, according to Mexico its measures for implementation.

“It has become clear that in the last three weeks since the administration of a new agreement with Mexico, we have seen a significant increase in the number of prohibitions on the Mexican southern border, and a sincere effort to Transport networks come through Mexico,” Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan told reporters.

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The United States and Mexico agreed this month on a deal that sees Mexico take “unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular migration” in exchange for the US dropping proposed sanctions against Mexican imports.

McAleenan said the United States was looking to see Mexico increase the deployment of National Guard members to the border, and for the expansion of migrants-protection protocols (MPP) — which will allow illegal immigrants back into Mexico, while their immigration proceedings are held.

“These initiatives make an impact, and we are now in anticipation of a significant reduction in border crossing numbers in June, as much as 25 percent compared to the record level in may,” he said.

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Customs and Border Protection, said that it has already recorded more than 144,000 people migrants on the border in may-click a 30-percent increase compared to the previous month, and double the inflow at the beginning of the year. NBC News reported that in the year 2018, there was a 17 percent decrease from may to June.

McAleenan also said the United States will work with the Northern triangle countries deal with the causes of the migration crisis and the efforts to combat organised smuggling organisations in the region.

His remarks come a day after the house passed the Senate version of the $4.5 humanitarian aid. It passed after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed down from a push to include restrictions on the immigration enforcement, would have sunk the measure. Trump is expected to start in early to sign the bill next week.

McAleenan thanked Congress to pass the leader for the bill, and said that while it did not include everything that the DHS wanted to in it-specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention beds for a single person-it is “substantially addresses” the request for funding.

He also took issue with media reports that children in detention centres were not given important life supplies, while in custody, leading to an outcry from lawmakers on Capitol Hill over alleged conditions in the centers. He said that, while he has said for months over concerns about the ability of DHS hand, the large number of migrants who cross the border, such calls has received little attention. But he said that some reports were “missing the story.”

“In contrast to the reporting, children in CBP custody to the border, get access to essential supplies, including tooth brushes, appropriate meals, blankets, showers as soon as they can be provided, and the medical examination,” McAleenan said.

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